7 Reasons Why you Need Multi-Generation Extended Family Photos This Year

7 Reasons Why you Need Multi-Generation Extended Family Photos This Year

It is summer time and that means there are lots of family reunions and reasons to travel and visit Grandma and Grandpa. My husband’s side of the family gets all 12 of his siblings and their families together every three years. It is a week long adventure of about 50 people. Every reunion is a little different, but getting a whole group photo is something that happens every single time. It isn’t without hiccups and frustrations and uncooperative children (and adults) but they are always pictures that are cherished by everyone as years pass.

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Kirschman Family Film at Cathedral Park

Kirschman Family Film at Cathedral Park

There is nothing dreamier than when the sun comes out in Portland, Oregon. The benefit to nearly year round rain is that even when it finally gets warm, everything is green and lush and beautiful!

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Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Getting Mom in the Photo with Self Portraiture: Timers and Remotes

Finding someone to take our photos occasionally isn't always an option and for those spur of the moment creations you envision, it for sure isn't going to happen.  Maybe your budget is tight and you don't want to invest in a professional photographer, or maybe you ARE a photographer and can't bring yourself to pay someone else to do what you are perfectly capable of doing. 

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Balancing Life as a Mom, Author, and Lava Cone Bicyclist

Balancing Life as a Mom, Author, and Lava Cone Bicyclist

I am always inspired by women who after having children, find a path for creativity and success. Keira Dominguez, a friend and author, is just one of those inspirations. In the midst of raising 5 children, she published her first of what fans hope will be many regency romance novels.

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